Waistband for garments.



S. M. LOEBINGIER & B. DAVIS.

WAISTBAND FOR GARMENTS. APPLlcAlN FILED AuG.27, 1914.

Patented Mar. 7', 1916.

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SOFIA M. LOEBINGER AND BELLE DAVIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR-S T0 DAVIS MANUFACTURING C0., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Batengd Mgu, '7 a 1916 Application filed August 27, 1914. Serial No. 858,865.

be noted the following: to provide a vwaist-V band for garments having a maximum amount of strength and durability, coupled with a suiiicient amount of elasticityfor the purposes desired; to provide a semi-elastic waistband for garments which may be made andv soldy as an article of manufacture, and

which may be appliedto'the waistbandof any garment for producing a snug fit;` to provide a waistband which will automatically adapt itself to any size waist from the smallest to the largest; and to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and effective waistband for garments, substantially as hereinafter set forth.

Vith the-,above objects in view andothers which will be detailed during the course of this description, our invention consists in parts, features, elements and combinations thereof hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that our invention may be clearly understood, we have provided drawings wherein:

Figure l is a plan view of a waistband detached from the garment, and illustrating one form of our invention, the view being broken out so as to curtail the same; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a skirt with a part of the waistband of the garment broken out, and illustrating the application of the waistband to the garment; Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the waistband of the garment, showing the waistband of our invention inclosed in a pocket; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a form of our invention wherein the spring-inclosing .pocket is omitted.

Referring to the drawings the numeral l indicates a waistband composed of a tape,

strip of woven fabric, or other suitable material having an eyelet Zat each end thereof. Inthis form of our invention the band l isv also provided at points intermediate its length with additional eyelets 3 to which areattached the opposite ends of a coiled spring ,4. The tape or band l may be of any suitable width and thickness; but, the length of the band should correspond with the maximum waist measurement of the garment to which it is applied. That is to say, if the maximum waist-measurement of the waistband of the garment is twenty-four inchesthe band or tape should be the maximum length so as to give the desired range of waist measurements for each garment.

For example, if the garment is intended for' persons having waist-measurements varying from twenty-one to twenty-four inches, the tape l should be twenty-four inches long. The eyelets 3 are so arranged that, when the spring t is applied, the tape or band l willv be contracted to the minimum, or twenty-one inches. In other words, the spring is first distended and then applied to the band by fastening the ends thereofr to the eyelets 3, so that whenv the vspring contracts, the band or tape will be contracted within the same, as clearly shown at 5 in Fig. l. By thus constructing the waistband, it can be applied to various sizes of skirts or garments, and will contract so as to shirr the material of the garment upon the'waistband, as clearly shown in Fig. 2*,

and indicated at 6.

From the foregoing it will be understood thatk when the waistband 1 is applied to the waistk portion of the garment, it is so applied with the spring in a distended or expanded `condition and the tape extended or taut. Metallic fasteners may be employed to secure the ends ofthe band tothe garment, or, several stitches may be passed through the eyelets 2, and through the garment at the desired points.

As shown in Fig. 2, the skirt 7 is provided with a side placket 8, and the waistbandl is secured within the hem of the garment and its ends are attached to the coperating iiaps at the placket opening. Hence, when the garment is adjusted to the wearer, the band will expand, and then will contract so as to cause the garment at the waist to t snugly and hold firmly to the wearer. The skirt, of course, may be of any suitable Y material such as silk, cotton,l sateen," etc.,

and in the form shown in Fig. 2, the upper edge lthereof is turned into -a simple hem which forms a pocket into which the waistband is inserted, and in which it is held.

Instead of securing the opposite ends of the spring 4 to the waistband, as shown in Fig. l, one end of said spring may be attached to the waistband, as shown at 9 in Fig. 2, and the other end thereof may be secured to thegarment at the hem thereofas indicated at l0.- Inthis way the spring may be more or less permanently located in any given position in the hem ofthe garment, and caused to expand and contract therein according to the size of the waist of the wearer. e In Fig. 3 a section ofthe skirt at the waist isV shown, and the line of stitching 11 indicates the manner in which the hem l2 is made at the waist, so as to inclose the. spring 4l andl tape l; but, in this form of our invention the spring and tape are preferably inclosed in a casing or pocket 13, which takes the wear of the spring olf the material of the garment at the waist. c, In this view also we have shown the preferred form of our invention, in that the spring is made in the form of a flattened spiral. In Fig. 4 we haveshown the same form of spring 4, encircling the tape 1, but without the inclosing casingor pocket, `the waistband, as shown in Fig. l, being simply inclosed within the hem l2 of the garment. Y

4 While Wehave shown inv our-drawingsthe preferred Vform of spring as a fiat coil,we desire it understood that said spring may be Vcylindri'cahor may be given any other form suitable for the purposes, and wealso desire it understood that, although we have shown the waistband of Fig. l applied to the waistband of a petticoat, the same may be applied to the waistbandof a shirt-waist, blouse, pair of boys trousers, etc. In other words, the fundamental principle kof our invention is an inelastic waistband, made elastic' by the addition thereto of a metal spring, thereby securing durability, strength,

and a high degreeof elasticity.

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l. A for garments comprising a continuous stripof inelastic material of a` length suitable for a maximum ywaist measurement, said strip having connected thereto a coiled spring adapted to reduce its length to a minimumwaist measurement. y

2. A waistband kfor garments comprising y a. continuousstrip of inelastic material having means at its opposite ends for attaching thev same, andl having secured thereto between said ends a coiled spring adapted'to shorten the band when itis contracted.`

3.*A waistband for garments comprising a continuous inelastic strip of material, a coiled spring secured to said strip ybetween its ends and adapted to reduce the length thereof .by shirring the same, and a pocket or covering entirely inclosing the strip and spring and of a length enabling it to expand and contract therewith.

. 4c. In combination with the waist portion of a. garment having apocket or hem provided therein, rand also having a placket, a.

waistband loose within the pocket throughout its length, but having means kfor securing the same to the garment at the flaps of the said placket, said waistband being continuous and ,of a length corresponding with a maximum waist-measurement, and having a coiled spring secured thereto and adapted to contract the waistband andwaist portionof the garment to a minimum waist-measurement.4 y Y f .In testimony whereof, `we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. e

` SOFIA LOEBINGER. y BELLE DAVIS. Witnesses:

kCHARLES G. RArP, y

. vEL C. LOEBINGER.y 

